If your opinions on one subject can be predicted from your opinions on another, you may be in the grip of an ideology. When you truly think for yourself, your conclusions will not be predictable.
Month: November 2023
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The Ideological Trap
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Choose Smart People
The best new ideas always have unanticipated benefits. So it’s stupid to require people who want to do new things to enumerate the benefits beforehand. The best you can do is choose smart people and then trust their intuitions about what’s worth exploring.
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A Hacker’s Mind
If you understand a system well and deeply, you don’t have to play by the same rules as everyone else. You can look for flaws and omissions in the rules. You notice where the constraints the system places on you don’t work. You naturally hack the system.
– Bruce Schneier, A Hacker’s Mind